Spartan Motors, Inc.: Power Train › Automatic Transmission › Cooling Unit and Lines
Spartan Motors, Inc. reported this defect to federal regulators on Oct 6, 2014 and put the number of vehicles at risk at 389. The repair is free for as long as the recall stands.
The defect
Spartan Motors, Inc. (Spartan) is recalling certain model year 2006-2013 Advantage, Diamond, Gladiator, and MetroStar emergency vehicles manufactured November 29, 2005, to June 19, 2013. In the affected vehicles, the transmission fluid cooler may fail, allowing the engine coolant to mix with the transmission fluid.
The risk
If the engine coolant mixes with the transmission fluid, the transmission may not shift properly, increasing the risk of a crash.
The remedy
Spartan will notify owners and dealers will install a new transmission fluid cooler, free of charge. Parts are not currently available. Owners were mailed an interim notification on November 25, 2014 and will also be mailed a second letter when parts are available. Parts should be available in mid to late January 2015. The recall began on February 9, 2015. Owners may contact Spartan customer service at 1-517-543-6400. Spartan's number for this recall is 14017.
32 model years covered
Newest first| Vehicle | Complaints | Recalls | Fires | Crashes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 Spartan Advantage | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 Spartan Diamond | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 Spartan Gladiator | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 Spartan Metrostar | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 Spartan Advantage | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 Spartan Diamond | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 Spartan Gladiator | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 Spartan Metrostar | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 Spartan Advantage | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 Spartan Diamond | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 Spartan Gladiator | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 Spartan Metrostar | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010 Spartan Advantage | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010 Spartan Diamond | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010 Spartan Gladiator | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010 Spartan Metrostar | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009 Spartan Advantage | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009 Spartan Diamond | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009 Spartan Gladiator | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009 Spartan Metrostar | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 2008 Spartan Advantage | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2008 Spartan Diamond | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2008 Spartan Gladiator | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 |
| 2008 Spartan Metrostar | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 2007 Spartan Advantage | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2007 Spartan Diamond | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2007 Spartan Gladiator | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 2007 Spartan Metrostar | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2006 Spartan Advantage | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2006 Spartan Diamond | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2006 Spartan Gladiator | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 2006 Spartan Metrostar | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
What this page is, and what to do next
A recall is not an opinion. It is a Part 573 report a manufacturer is required by federal law to file once it decides a defect poses an unreasonable risk to safety, and it commits them to repairing the vehicle at no cost to the owner. The three passages above are the manufacturer’s own wording as published by NHTSA.
This page describes the campaign. It cannot tell you whether one particular car has already been through the shop — that is tracked by VIN, and only the manufacturer knows it. Check yours at nhtsa.gov/recalls or with a franchised dealer, quoting campaign number 14V623000.
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